Candice Hermeler remained in serious condition at an Englewood hospital Sunday, as her family from Australia remained at her side, authorities said.

A victim's advocate met with the family to offer them help in the aftermath of Candice's attempted suicide Monday in a double-suicide pact that claimed the life of twin Kristin Hermeler.

Candice, 29, survived a gunshot to the center of her forehead as the women turned their rented pistols on themselves. Candice told investigators Thursday that she and her sister planned to kill themselves at the Family Shooting Center gun range at Cherry Creek State Park.

She grew angry and distraught in the two-hour bedside interview and refused to say why they wanted to die.

Kristin's Letters

Click for larger versions.

The shooting is under investigation, but Arapahoe County authorities have said they do not anticipate filing charges against the surviving twin.

Family and acquaintenances have told reporters the twins were extremely close and traveled extensively. They attended the University of North Carolina at Greensboro together.

Former neighbor Roger MacMillan told The Age newspaper in Melbourne, Australia, that the Hermelers were a close, pleasant family.

"Wherever they went, they went together," he said.

The twins had been in Denver, staying in hotels, for about five weeks before the shooting. One was scheduled to return to Australia on Tuesday.

A spokeswoman for Swedish Medical Center Sunday evening would not elaborate on Hermeler's condition.

Missy Franklin, Jenny Simpson, Adeline Gray and three other Colorado women could be big players at the 2016 Rio OlympicsWhen people ask Missy Franklin for her thoughts about the Summer Olympics that will begin a year from Wednesday in Rio de Janeiro, she hangs a warning label on her answer.